Learning Disabilities

Important Links

• Bridges to Practice
• LD Infozone from the National Center for Learning Disabilities
• LD Online
• Literacy and Learning Disabilities Special Collection
• CAELA Resource Collections: Learning Disabilities and Adult ESL

Articles

• 50 Tips on the Management of Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
• Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Adults With Learning Disabilities: Definitions and Issues
• Adults With Learning Disabilities: ERIC Digest 189
• Career Planning for Adults With Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders
• Characteristics of Adults with Specific Learning Disabilities
• Coping with the Attack on America: Recommendations for People with Learning Disabilities
• Disability & Literacy: How Disability Issues Are Addressed in Adult Basic Education Programs
• Documenting a Learning Disability
• ESL Instruction and Adults With Learning Disabilities
• Feedback: Enhancing the Performance of Adult Learners with Learning Disabilities
• How Many Adults Really Have Learning Disabilities?
• If Only I Could Read, Write, and Spell: Identifying and helping adults who find learning difficult
• Vision for an Ideal System: Improving Services to Adults With Learning Disabilities
• Journal of Special Education Technology
• Learning Disabilities and the Law After High School: An Overview for Students
• Lifelong LD
• Self-Advocacy: Practical Advice To The Adult With LD
• Social Skills and Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Success in College for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Taking the GED Tests: Accommodating Accommodations
• Tips for Self-Advocacy in the Workplace
• Tips for Workplace Success for the Adult Learner
• Who Do You Tell About Your Disability?

Assistive Technology

• Assistive Technology: Meeting the Needs of Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Assistive Technology for Adults with Reading Challenges: The Quicktionary Reading Pen Option
• A Guide to Assistive Technology for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Council for Learning Disabilities Infosheet: Assistive Technology
• Learning Disabilities and Assistive Technologies
• Technology for Adolescence and Adults With Learning Disabilities: Focusing On Outcome-Based Accommodations

Facts, Data, and Statistics

• Adults With Learning Disabilities
• AVKO Dyslexia-Spelling Research Foundation: What is Dyslexia?
• The Child Psychologist: Learning Disabilities
• GEDTS: FAQ About GED & LD
• Learning Differences Center: Fast Fact Sheets
• Learning Disabilities List of Resources
• Types of Learning Disabilities

Grants

• Finding Funding for Disabled Students and Employees
• Jerome S. and Grace H. Murray Foundation
• Tremaine Foundation

Organizations

• The AVKO Dyslexia Research Foundation
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Council for Learning Disabilities
• The Council for Exceptional Children
• Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation
• LDPride.net
• LD Resources
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome
• National Association for Adults With Special Learning Needs
• Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association
• Schwablearning.org
• The International Dyslexia Association
• The International Dyslexia Association-Virginia Branch
• Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired

Teacher Resources

• AVKO Dyslexia-Spelling Research Foundation: Samples
• Captured Wisdom on Adult Literacy
• Education World: Learning Disabilities
• Edvisors.com: Learning Disabilities
• The George Washington University Heath Resource Center
• Guide to Learning Disabilities for the ESL Classroom Practitioner
• Helping Students Become Better Notetakers Through Better Lectures
• Instant Access Treasure Chest: The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities
• American Library Association: Learning Disabilities Basics
• About.com: Special Education
• Math Learning Disabilities
• Nonverbal Learning Disorders/Disabilities: NLDLine
• Nonverbal Learning Disorders/Disabilities: NLD On the Web
• Resources for Adults with Learning Disabilties
• Special Education Resources on the Internet
• Techniques: Working with Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Working with Adults with Learning Disabilities video series (available from the Resource Center library to Virginia teachers)

Student/Parent Resources

• Family Village: Employment Resources for People With Disabilities
• FocusOnLearning.org
• One Child at a Time: A Parent Handbook and Resource Directory for African American Families With Children Who Learn Differently